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Preconceptions and prerequisites: Understanding the function of synaptic plasticity will also depend on a better systems-level understanding of the multiple types of memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Richard G. M. Morris
Affiliation:
Centre for Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9LE Scotlandr.g.m.morris@ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Although it is not their fault, Shors & Matzel's attempt to review the LTP and learning hypothesis suffers from there being no clear published statement of the idea. Their summary of relevant evidence is not without error, however, and it oversimplifies fundamental issues relating to NMDA receptor function. Their attentional hypothesis is intriguing but requires a better systems-level understanding of how attention contributes to cognitive function.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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